"And I suppose that's all we can really do," Dutch says, sighing. She's used to having more control than that, used to being able to stop things from happening if she wanted to. But, she has nothing like that here. No one does. The only person who can bend the city to its whims is the city itself.

"Hope and pray, if that's your thing," she adds. "It's not mine but I know some people like it."